Bug#392479: Request for virtual package ircd

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>]

Hi,

        This is yet another virtual package request I have some
 reservations about.  There was a long thread on -devel starting at: 
  http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/10/msg00483.html

        Several objections were raised:
   a) IRC services do not need to depend on a daemon (they may be
      remote). So it is unclear which problem an ircd virtual package
      would solve. There is no clear rationale provided with the bug
      report. Indeed, there is nothing in the archive that depends on the
      virtual package ircd.
   b) Multiple ircd daemons need not conflict with one another, since
      they can all be configured to run on different ports, so the
      conflict with and provide ircd scenario does not seem to come into
      play. There are legitimate use cases for having multiple ircd's
      installed (just like one may install multiple web servers)
   c) In an email in that thread, the OP has conceded that the virtual
      package name might not be a good idea after all.

        So, there were few arguments made in favour of the virtual
 package, and there seems to have been a fairly strong consensus that
 the virtual package was not needed, and would provide no benefit.

        Given that, I would like to close this report, without providing
 the virtual package, unless some Rationale is provided.

        manoj
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